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.TH MPI_Win_free 3 "Jun 10, 2020" "4.0.4" "Open MPI"
.SH NAME
\fBMPI_Win_free\fP \- Frees the window object and returns a null handle.

.SH SYNTAX
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.SH C Syntax
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#include <mpi.h>
int MPI_Win_free(MPI_Win *\fIwin\fP)

.fi
.SH INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
win
Window object (handle).

.SH OUTPUT PARAMETER
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.TP 1i
IERROR
Fortran only: Error status (integer).

.SH DESCRIPTION
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MPI_Win_free frees the window object \fIwin\fP and returns a null handle (equal to MPI_WIN_NULL). This collective call is executed by all processes in the group associated with \fIwin\fP. It can be invoked by a process only after it has completed its involvement in RMA communications on window \fIwin\fP, that is, the process has called MPI_Win_fence, or called MPI_Win_unlock to match a previous call to MPI_Win_lock. When the call returns, the window memory can be freed.

.SH ERRORS
Almost all MPI routines return an error value; C routines as the value of the function and Fortran routines in the last argument. C++ functions do not return errors. If the default error handler is set to MPI::ERRORS_THROW_EXCEPTIONS, then on error the C++ exception mechanism will be used to throw an MPI::Exception object.
.sp
Before the error value is returned, the current MPI error handler is
called. By default, this error handler aborts the MPI job, except for I/O function errors. The error handler may be changed with MPI_Comm_set_errhandler; the predefined error handler MPI_ERRORS_RETURN may be used to cause error values to be returned. Note that MPI does not guarantee that an MPI program can continue past an error.

.SH SEE ALSO
MPI_Win_create
MPI_Win_fence
MPI_Win_unlock
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